tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4743757277246836359..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: What racism usually sounds like these daysNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-55375968030713741932014-06-18T07:43:28.536-05:002014-06-18T07:43:28.536-05:00Racism is the belief that one race is superior to ...Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another. You can be a racist without hating anyone; in fact, it might actually be more insulting that way. Thom Tillis probably isn't actually hateful; but if he truly thinks of white people as the standard human model for "real Americans", and everyone else as "non-traditional", that's an incredibly harmful mindset. (And if he doesn't believe that himself, but is cynically appealing to those who do, it's despicable.)Manuel Royalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392229225958688128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-23181116823856368562014-06-17T15:51:39.345-05:002014-06-17T15:51:39.345-05:00He articulated why racism is not identical to bigo...He articulated why racism is not identical to bigotry. He as an elected official has determined in his own mind that institutional exclusion - racism - is perfectly all right because, well, it just is. He may not be a personal bigot, may be sweet and caring to people of color in his life, but so what? He has just dropped the racist anvil on entire populations he thinks should be excluded from the nation's most fundamental institutions and rights. Who he is personally is irrelevant to that far greater evil. Churchlady320noreply@blogger.com